Both sides are in the lower reaches of the division and will be hoping to use one another as a springboard for finally getting their season underway.

Malaga currently lie in the bottom three having managed to pick up just a solitary point in their opening games.

However, they will be able to welcome back goalkeeper Carlos Kameni into the first team squad after he recovered from injury, whilst Chen, Santa Cruz, Antunes and Pawlowski have all reported back from international duty with a clean bill of health.

Rayo got off to a flyer by beating Elche by 3-1 in their opening game before slumping to back-to-back defeats at the hands of Atletico Madrid and Levante.